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Sep 18, 2024
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The Complete Guide to Mortgage Pre-Approvals
Apr 16, 2024
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What Is Retail Sales?
Apr 10, 2024
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The Biden $10,000 First-Time Home Buyer Mortgage Relief Credit
Mar 13, 2024
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What is a Starter Home?
Feb 27, 2024
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What is Escrow?
Feb 7, 2024
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FHA Mortgage vs USDA Mortgage: Compare Side by Side
Jan 12, 2024
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What is a Homeowners Association (HOA)?
Jan 11, 2024
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What is Debt-to-Income?
Jan 8, 2024
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What is a Credit Score?
Jan 6, 2024
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What is Loan Term?
Jan 5, 2024
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Conventional 97 vs FHA: Compare Side by Side
Jan 4, 2024
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Conventional vs VA: Compare Side-by-Side
Jan 4, 2024
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HomeReady vs Home Possible: Compare Side-by-Side
Jan 3, 2024
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What is a Prepayment Penalty?
Dec 20, 2023
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What is Equity?
Dec 19, 2023
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Conventional vs FHA: Compare Side-by-Side
Dec 18, 2023
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What is a Conventional Mortgage?
Dec 18, 2023
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What is Loan-to-Value?
Dec 17, 2023
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What are Discount Points?
Dec 16, 2023
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What Is A Condominium?
Dec 12, 2023
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What is Existing Home Inventory?
Dec 12, 2023
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What is Existing Home Supply?
Dec 12, 2023
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What is a Non-Warrantable Condominium?
Dec 12, 2023
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What is a Warrantable Condominium?
Dec 11, 2023
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What is Existing Home Sales?
Dec 10, 2023
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What is a Due on Sale Clause?
Dec 10, 2023
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What is a Multi-Unit Home?
Dec 8, 2023
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What is Flood Insurance?
Dec 8, 2023
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What is For Sale By Owner?
Dec 7, 2023
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What is a Contingency Clause?
Dec 7, 2023
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What is Household Income?
Dec 7, 2023
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What is Listing Price?
Dec 7, 2023
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What is a Mortgage Rate Lock?
Dec 6, 2023
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What is Dual Agency?
Dec 6, 2023
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What is Personal Liability Insurance?
Dec 6, 2023
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What is PITI?
Dec 5, 2023
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What is HO-6 Insurance?
Dec 5, 2023
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What is a Non-Occupant Co-Borrower?
Dec 4, 2023
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What is New Home Sales?
Dec 3, 2023
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What is Personal Consumption Expenditures?
Dec 2, 2023
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What is the House Price Index?
Dec 1, 2023
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What is a Home Inspection?
Nov 30, 2023
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What is a Flipped Home?
Nov 30, 2023
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What is Master Condo Policy?
Nov 28, 2023
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What is a Deductible?
Nov 28, 2023
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What Is Homeowners Insurance?
Nov 27, 2023
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What is a High-Cost Area?
Nov 26, 2023
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What is the National Association of REALTORS®?
Nov 26, 2023
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What is Payment Shock?
Nov 26, 2023
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What is Principal Balance?
Nov 25, 2023
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What is Earnest Money?
Nov 25, 2023
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What is Free-and-Clear?
Nov 25, 2023
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What Is A Mortgage Cosigner?
Nov 25, 2023
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What is Mortgage Default?
Nov 25, 2023
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What is Seller Concessions?
Nov 23, 2023
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What is a Credit Bureau?
Nov 23, 2023
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What are Lender Overlays?
Nov 23, 2023
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What is Multiple Listing Service?
Nov 23, 2023
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What is Real Estate Taxes?
Nov 23, 2023
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What is Rent-to-Own?
Nov 22, 2023
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What is a Letter of Explanation?
Nov 22, 2023
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What is Seasoning?
Nov 22, 2023
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What is Underwriting?
Nov 21, 2023
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What Is A Balloon Mortgage?
Nov 21, 2023
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What Is Prepaid Expenses?
Nov 21, 2023
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What Is A Soft Credit Check?
Nov 21, 2023
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What Is Title Insurance?
Nov 20, 2023
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What Is Boarder Income?
Nov 20, 2023
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What Is Clear-to-Close?
Nov 19, 2023
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What Is A Basis Point?
Nov 19, 2023
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What Is A Lien?
Nov 19, 2023
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What Are Mortgage-Backed Securities?
Nov 18, 2023
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What Is a Deed?
Nov 1, 2023
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What Are Mortgage Guidelines?
Oct 27, 2023
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What Is an Arms-Length Transaction?
Oct 26, 2023
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What Is Annual Percentage Rate (APR)?
Oct 24, 2023
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What Is an Assumable Mortgage?
Oct 23, 2023
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What Is Amortization?
Sep 21, 2023
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What Is The Federal Reserve?
Aug 1, 2023
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The 36 Mortgage Acronyms Every Homebuyer Should Know
Jul 10, 2023
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The Conventional 100 Mortgage For First-Time Home Buyers
May 19, 2023
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The HELPER Act Mortgage: Explained
Apr 28, 2023
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USDA Eligibility Map
Apr 6, 2023
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The DASH Act: $15,000 Tax Credit For First-Time Home Buyers
Mar 1, 2023
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Our Most-Asked First-Time Home Buyer Questions
Nov 30, 2022
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7 Popular Mortgages for First-Time Home Buyers
Nov 10, 2022
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FHFA First-Time Home Buyer Mortgage Rate Discount: Explained
Nov 1, 2022
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VA Loan: What Military Home Buyers Need To Know
Oct 27, 2022
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10 Ways to Get A Lower Mortgage Rate
Oct 13, 2022
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What Is The Good Neighbor Next Door Program?
Oct 5, 2022
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Mortgages for Nurses: A Guide
Sep 6, 2022
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What Is Fannie Mae HomePath?
Aug 9, 2022
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Buying a House After Bankruptcy Is Possible: Here's How
Aug 6, 2022
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Choosing Between a Mortgage Broker, Lender, and Traditional Bank
Jul 22, 2022
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What is a First-Time Home Buyer?
Jul 19, 2022
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Buying a Home From Your 401k Retirement Plan
Jul 11, 2022
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What Is The HomeReady Mortgage?
Jul 9, 2022
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What is the Home Possible Mortgage?
Jul 1, 2022
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How Medical Debt Affects Your Credit Score Now
Jun 18, 2022
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First-Time Home Buyer Tips From a 20-Year Mortgage Professional
Jun 11, 2022
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What Is An Adjustable-Rate Mortgage?
May 20, 2022
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The Transforming Student Debt to Home Equity Act
May 19, 2022
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Fix Your Credit Score To Buy a Home in 6 Months
May 17, 2022
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What Is Down Payment Assistance?
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Apr 23, 2022
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LIFT Act: Low-Income First-Time Home Buyers [Explained]
Apr 6, 2022
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Breaking a Lease to Buy a House
Feb 22, 2022
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16 First-Time Home Buyer Grants and Programs
Feb 10, 2022
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How to Buy a House With Bad Credit
Feb 5, 2022
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What Is An FHA Loan?
Feb 1, 2022
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Active First-Time Home Buyer Bills In 2023-2024 Congress
Jan 26, 2022
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How To Write a Mortgage Gift Letter for Your Down Payment
Jan 22, 2022
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Managing Your First-Time Home Buyer Stress
Jan 20, 2022
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The Home Buyer Glossary of Real Estate & Mortgage Terms
Dec 23, 2021
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Low Down Payment Mortgages For First-Time Buyers
Dec 3, 2021
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7 Things Renters Need To Buy a House
Nov 2, 2021
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Mortgage 101: Basics Every Home Buyer Should Know
Sep 25, 2021
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34 Ways For Home Buyers To Meet Their New Neighbors
Sep 8, 2021
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Home Maintenance Checklist for First-Time Home Buyers
Aug 19, 2021
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14 Questions to Ask at an Open House
Aug 11, 2021
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How to Make an Offer on a House in 8 Simple Steps
Aug 11, 2021
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What Does a Title Company Do?
Aug 4, 2021
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The Big List Of First-Time Home Buyer Mistakes
Aug 3, 2021
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Buying a House In Your Early 20s: What to Know and How to Plan
Jul 6, 2021
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15 Good Luck Plants To Bring Positive Energy to Your New Home
Jun 17, 2021
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How to Move Out of Your Parents' House: A Step-by-Step Guide for Aspiring Homebuyers
Jun 15, 2021
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The $15,000 First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit: Reviewed
Jun 9, 2021
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7 Steps to Buy a House Out of State
Jun 8, 2021
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43 Curb Appeal Ideas for First-Time Home Buyers
Jun 1, 2021
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26 Architectural House Styles: Homes That Built American Neighborhoods
May 10, 2021
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The Home-Buying Guide for Pet Parents
Apr 26, 2021
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Should I Buy A Move-In Ready Home?
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Apr 20, 2021
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What is The $25,000 Downpayment Toward Equity Act? [Explained]
Mar 31, 2021
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14 Energy-Efficient Home Features to Look For When House Hunting
Mar 17, 2021
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10 Unique Ways to Make Money With Your New House
Dec 22, 2020
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Dec 16, 2020
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What Is The Conventional 97 Mortgage?
Nov 9, 2020
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